Emery County UT Archives Biographies.....Adams, Edgar E. 1873 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ut/utfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 2, 2011, 3:05 pm Source: See below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher EDGAR E. ADAMS. Edgar E. Adams, a progressive business man of Greenriver, where he has been conducting a general store since March, 1917, was born in Monroe, Iowa, September 26, 1873, his parents being Aaron and Lucetta (Gregory) Adams, the former a native of Pennsylvania, while the latter was horn in the Hawkeye state. The father was a veteran of the Civil war, serving as a first lieutenant in Company C, Fortieth Iowa Infantry, which was attached to the Western Army. He was with Grant at Vicksburg and was wounded at Little Rock, Arkansas. For thirteen years after the war he filled the position of postmaster at Monroe, Iowa, and in 1888 removed to Kansas, where he followed farming. He became a prominent and influential resident of his locality and was the first representative of Greeley county in the state legislature. His wife died in 1889, while Mr. Adams survived until 1902, passing away in Greeley county at the age of seventy-two years, it being a marvel to all of his friends that a man wounded as seriously as he was in the Civil war should have reached that age. Edgar E. Adams obtained a common school education in Iowa and Kansas and also pursued a partial high school course. In 1889 he removed to Colorado and at once took up railroading, becoming timekeeper for a construction contractor on the Denver & Rio Grande when the line was being extended from Durango to Rico. In the fall of 1890 he went to Salt Lake, where he remained through the winter, engaged in selling fire insurance. In the spring he covered Utah county and for about four years was a resident of Provo. In 1895 he returned to Colorado, settling at Fruita, where he resided for more than a decade, or until 1906, when he became one of the pioneers of Greenriver and here took the management of a business devoted to the manufacture of cement blocks, making blocks for the school, the bank and other business buildings. In 1908 he accepted the management of the Greenriver Lumber & Supply Company and so continued until it was consolidated with the Bonneville Lumber Company. In March, 1917, he opened a general store and has since been identified with the mercantile interests of Greenriver, where he has built up a trade of large and gratifying proportions. He has ever recognized the fact that satisfied patrons are the best advertisement and has put forth every effort to please his customers, while his enterprise and his honorable dealing are factors in his continued success. At Fruita, Colorado, on the 3d of January, 1901, Mr. Adams was married to Miss Anna S. Mahany, a daughter of Albert and Minnie Mahany, the former a native of Buffalo, New York, while the latter was born in Hudson, Ohio. Her father was engaged in the live stock business but at the time of the Civil war put aside all business and personal considerations and joined the army. After victory had crowned the Union arms he took up his abode In Ohio, where he met and married his wife. Soon afterward they removed to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where their daughter Mrs. Adams was born. In 1884 they became residents of Fruita, Colorado, where Mr. Mahany continued in the cattle business, which he had previously followed for some years before his removal to the west. He passed away in Fruita in 1907 and the mother now makes her home at Grand Junction, Colorado, where she Is very comfortably situated. To Mr. and Mrs. Adams have been born five children, namely: Virginia, who was born In Grand Junction, Colorado, January 1, 1902; Luella, who was born in Fruita, that state, July 19, 1903; Charles, born in Grand Junction, June 6, 1905; Gordon, who was born in Greenriver, Utah, August 19, 1908; and Alwilda, born in Greenriver, November 29, 1910. In his political views Mr. Adams is a republican and while never an office seeker he has served for eight years as a member of the local and county school board and has always taken a deep and helpful interest In educational affairs, doing everything in his power to advance the standards of the schools. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church and for twelve years he has been an elder In the church, while for one year he served as clerk of the sessions. He has also been church treasurer and superintendent of the Sunday school for a number of years and is teaching a class of boys in Sunday school, manifesting the greatest interest in these boys and doing much to mold their character. His life has been one of uprightness and honor, commending him to the confidence and goodwill of all. Throughout his entire career he has never deviated from a course that he believed to be right between himself and his fellowmen, and the high ideals which he has cherished have found embodiment in practical effort for their adoption. Additional Comments: Extracted from: UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATED VOLUME IV CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1920 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ut/emery/bios/adams8gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/utfiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb